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[Stefan Winter <stefan.winter AT restena.lu>]

Hi Nik,

you can give institutions as early access as you see fit. The database
link is either synced immediately when you enroll and then prepopulates
the inst name synced with what is in the eduroam DB.

It's not created as synced; in which case a later syncing does not
change the inst name in CAT.

So, the worst that can happen is that an inst has a pretty-print name as
$FOO in one tool, but $BAR in another. You can always see this as an NRO
when clicking on the database sync status button (also for synced insts).

We were initially planning on (arbitrary) technical limitations for
non-synced insts to encourage linking, but none of those are in effect
right now.

Stefan

> When new eduroam members request CAT access, they can join but their CAT
> instance is not linked to the eduroam database as they have not yet
> completed their eduroam deployment and are not listed.
> 
> While they are in this state, is there any technical (as opposed to
> policy) limitation to how they can use CAT?
> 
> Once they have claimed their compliance and have been listed in the
> eduroam database, and IF there is a delay in creating the link in CAT...
> in the admin manual it says this can lead to the two databases getting
> out of sync. It is of course not a good state to be in, but what are the
> practical consequences - what can/will break?
> Also, if an out of sync instance is then linked, which database takes
> precedence when syncing (and overwrites the other)?
> 
> I am thinking about giving people easier access to CAT, so they can work
> on it alongside the rest of their deployment, but not sure I fully
> understand the potential downsides - any help appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> Nik
> 


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